Around Asia Volume 1 | Page 16

South Korea

One of the most significant tpyes of meals within Korea would be grilled pork belly or Samgyeopsal wherein they serve delicious cuts of the tender pork belly wherein it is also served with dishes including garlic, lettuce leaves, chilis, kimchi, along with onion as well with red bean paste. This delicacy is often consumed during occasions or events wherein they eat pork together for festivals or events

Another common culinary delight of Koreans would be ox bone soup or seollongtang wherein the dish constitutes of glass noodles, green onions, thin slices of beef, along with a milky broth that derived from the nutrients of the ox's bones. The dish traditionally is consumed as a symbolic portrayal of "comfort food" wherein its seasoned with slight pints of garlic , salt, and pepper as well. The dish itself also is said to be slow cooked.

An additionally notorious and frequently consumed dish in Korea would be their spicy beef stew wherein it comprises of gosari, beansprouts, mushrooms, green onions, cubed chops of tender meat, along with red chili and soy bean paste culminated into the dish as well. The dish is also acknowledged as yukgaejang that is commonly consumed with rice to help reduce the spiciness by providing a contrast of the soft and relatively sweet rice prepared.

This particularized Korean dish can also be acknowledged as Mul Naengmyeon is referred as cold noodle soup wherein the dish consists of buckwheat noodles bathed in a cold broth of sesame seed paste mixed within hot water. The significance of such dish would be that its primary origination would be from North Korea wherein the noodles are supposedly mixed with vinegar, chili, and garlic as well.

A common savory form of Korean culinary cuisine would be Kimchi Fried Rice wherein the dish comprises of rice, egg, along with the green onions, garlic, red bean paste, soy bean paste, chili paste that has been mixed within the fermented kimchi garnish itself. This dish is also referred as Kimchi Bokkeumbap wherein often, the dish is served with a sesame seeds and fermented kimchi which commonly contribute within enhancing the kimchi flavor.

A final and common sweet delicacy of Korea would be Gwapyeom wherein this certain dessert possesses a jelly-like consistency and is produced with a source of fresh fruit juices from exotic fruits grown within the regions of Korea. Such dish can also be consumed in a hardened candy manner. Ultimately, gwapyeom was formerly consumed during the Joseon dynasty of 1392 as a tooth-sweetener until today as well.